Folktales Teacher Resources

Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of New York.

Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of New Mexico.

Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of New Jersey.

Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of Nevada.

Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of Montana.

Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of North Carolina.

Read brief folktales, myths, and legends from Canada,

This is a very scholarly document that discusses what folklore is, how it has been studied in Australia, and how Australian folklore differs from the traditions in other parts of the world.

Looking for American folktales? Look no more! Choose from famous characters, states, historical events, regional, or ethnic folklore. There are also links to weatherlore and spooky stories.

This lesson focuses on folklore including defining it, its alternative title of local color, and discussing its use in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It provides two handouts: "Folklore in Their Eyes Were Watching...

This is a two-page PDF of Folklore in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston courtesy of EDSITEMENT. It is a chart for student to use to compare folklore used by writers in south Florida with Hurston's work.

This site is for the preservation and awareness of folk art and music and links that will give more education to folklore.

Spanish content; this page is a wealth of information and various media presenting the tradition of folklore and folk culture in Argentina.

Wikipedia offers an extensive definition of folklore, including where the term came from, different categories of folklore, and how it can be used.

Find out some of the weather folklore from various areas of the world.

This Arizona State University article more appropriately falls under the heading of literature, but Dr. Ericson's statement in the first paragraph, "I am amazed by the rather large body of plausible sounding folklore which has been...

This site shows you how the fact checker checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #43: Leprechaun in Late Winter, by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Leprechauns and Irish Folklore, the nonfiction companion...

In this lesson plan, students will consider Helpful Animals and Compassionate Humans in Folklore. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.

Read brief folktales, myths, and legends from the state of Connecticut.

Read brief folktales, myths and legends from the state of Hawaii.

Read brief folktales, myths and legends from the state of Wyoming.

Read brief folktales, myths, and legends from the state of Vermont.

Read brief folktales, myths, and legends from the state of Rhode Island.

Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of New Hampshire.